Aderonke Folasade ADIO

Biographical record

Title

Dr

Surname

ADIO

First Name

Aderonke

Other Names

Folasade

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

NIBC Who's Who (3rd Edition)

Date of Birth

December 1,1954

Status

Alive

State of Origin

Ondo

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Single

Profession

forester/seed physiologist
Lecturer

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

St. Louis Grammar School, Mokola, Ibadan. 1967-70; Federal School of Science, Victoria Island, Lagos, 1972-74; University of Lagos, Akoka, 1976- 79; University of lbadan, 1981-82; 1995-2000;

Educational Qualification

B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D;

Previous Appointments

Asst. Conservator of Forest II, Ministry of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Akure, Ondo State, 1980-83; Head of Seed Unit, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan, since 1983; Ag. Head, Tree Crop Improvement and Production Division, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria Ibadan, 2000-01; Asst. Dir.. Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan; Former Sec, Snr. Staff Association; Forestry Research Institute; mm: Forestry Association of Nigeria; Commonwealth Forestry Association; International Society of Tropical Foresters; Founder and President, Association of Women in Forestry and Environment (AWIFE);

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

co-author, Identify Forest Trees by their Fruits and Seeds, Fasco Printing Press, Ibadan, 2008; Collection, Storage and Distribution of Indigenous Tree Species in Nigeria, 1984; Variation inLeaf Diffusion Resistance and Regulation of Water Transport in Triplochiton Scleroxylon K.Schum Progenie. Nig. Journal of Forestry Vol.16 (No. 1,2), 1986; Effect of Seed Size on Germination andGrowth ofTerminalia Superba. Nig. Journal of Forestry, Vol.23, No.2,1993; Effect of Storage on Germination and Biochemical Composition of Mansonia AltissimaA.Chev. Seeds, Nigeria Joumai ofTreeCrop ResearchVol.2,No.2,1999;The Influence ofT^etreatirents on Germination of Seeds of Adansonia Digitata (Bapbab) and Indigenous Long-fibreSpecies, FRIN Journal Journal ofForestryResearch and Management, Vol.3,27-33,2006; Ethno botanical Values of Vines in Afijio Local Government Areaof Oyo State, Nigeria, Obeche Journal 27 (1) 52-58,2008; Forest Management Strategy: ACase Studyof Ghana Modified Taungya System, Journal ofSustainableEnvironmental Management,Vol.2 No I pp,2008; EffectofSeed SourceandSize onGermination andEarly SeedlingGrowthof Ceiba Pentandra-an Indigenous Pulpwood Research andManagement 2006; ProfitabilityofTreculia africana Marketing in Ibadan Metropolis Journal of Agriculture, Forestry andSocial Sciences, 2006; Ethnonotanical Values of Vines in Afifio Local Government Area of OyoState, Nigeria, Obeche Journal, 2008; Pretreatment Effects on Seed Germination of Canavalia Ensiformis (Jack bean), Journal of Sustainable Environmental Management 2008; Effect of Pretreatments on Germination and Seed Quality of Afzaiia Africana, Journal of Sustainable Environmental Management, 2008; Forest Management Strategy A Case Study of Ghana Modified Taungya System,Journal of Sustainable Environmental Management, Vol.1 No 1 pp, 2008; and many other publications;

Official Address

Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, P.M.B 5054, Ibadan, Oyo State.